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Intel P67

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Codename(s)
  
Cougar Point

Release date(s)
  
January 2011

Socket supported
  
LGA 1155

Predecessor
  
Intel P55

CPU supported
  
Intel Core i7(Sandy Bridge)

The Intel P67 is a mainstream chipset created by Intel. It was launched to market in January 2011, the first edition of this chipset had a faulty SATA 3.0 controller and Intel had to issue a hardware fix to resolve this problem. This fix (Revision B3) was launched to market at the beginning of March 2011.

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Standard features

  • Supports processor overclocking (Only available for unlocked processors: Core i5-2500K, Core i5-2550K, Core i7-2600K and 2700K)
  • Supports memory overclocking
  • 1× PCI Express 2.0 x16 lanes at 16 GB/s bandwidth
  • 2× Serial ATA (SATA) 3.0 (6 Gbit/s) ports
  • 4× Serial ATA (SATA) 2.0(3 Gbit/s) ports
  • 14× Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0 ports
  • Dual-channel DDR3 memory
  • Integrated Gigabit Ethernet MAC

    • Optional features

  • SATA RAID support (0/1/10/5) through Intel Rapid Storage Technology
  • 2× PCI Express 2.0 x8 lanes at 8 GB/s bandwidth each

    • The P67 chipset is made to work in conjunction with Intel LGA 1155 CPUs. Note that the P67 chipset is not backward compatible with the LGA 1156 family of CPUs.

    References

    Intel P67 Wikipedia
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